This list consists of institutions of higher education in the Indian state of Assam. These university/institutions under the state government usually follow a state-centric syllabus, universities under the central government follows the standard syllabus whereas the private university or educational institutes have their own syllabus.
{This is not a complete list of all institutes; only a few are mentioned.}
Central universities UniversityLocationType stateEstablishedSpecializationSources Assam University Silchar Central 1994 General Tezpur University Tezpur Central 1994 General
Institute of National Importance InstituteLocationTypeEstablishedSpecializationSources All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Guwahati Guwahati Autonomous 2021 Health Sciences Indian Institute of Management Guwahati Guwahati Autonomous 2025 Management Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Guwahati Autonomous 1994 Science, Technology and Management Indian Statistical Institute Tezpur Tezpur Autonomous 2011 Basic Sciences, Applied Sciences, Social Sciences Indian Institute of Information Technology, Guwahati Guwahati Autonomous 2013 Technology and Management National Institute of Design, Assam Jorhat Autonomous 2019 Designing National Institute of Technology, Silchar Silchar Autonomous 1967 Science, Technology and Management National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Guwahati Guwahati Autonomous 2008 Pharmacy National Forensic Sciences University – Guwahati Campus Guwahati Autonomous 2022 Forensic Science
Deemed universities UniversityLocationType EstablishedSpecializationSources Central Institute of Technology, Kokrajhar KokrajharDeemed University 2006 Technical Tata Institute of Social SciencesGuwahatiDeemed University2008Social Science and Social Work
State universities UniversityLocationType EstablishedSpecializationSources Assam Agricultural University Jorhat State 1969 AgriculturalAssam Agricultural University Assam Science and Technology University Guwahati State 2010 Engineering, Science & Architecture Assam Science and Technology University Assam Women's University Jorhat State 2013 General Assam Skill University Mangaldai State 2021 Skill Assam Veterinary and Fishery University Khanapara State 2025 Veterinary and Fishery Birangana Sati Sadhani Rajyik Vishwavidyalaya Golaghat State 2021 General Bodoland University Kokrajhar State 2009 General Bhattadev University Pathsala State 2019 General Cotton UniversityCotton University Guwahati State 1901 General Dibrugarh University Dibrugarh State 1965 General Gauhati University Guwahati State 1948 General Krishna Kanta Handique State Open University Guwahati State 2007 Distance education Kumar Bhaskar Varma Sanskrit and Ancient Studies University Nalbari state 2011 General Madhabdev University Narayanpur State 2019 General Majuli University of Culture Majuli State 2017 Cultural National Law University and Judicial Academy, AssamGuwahatiState2009LawRabindranath Tagore UniversityHojaiState2019General Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences Guwahati State 2010 Health sciencesGovernment Ayurvedic College Sri Sri Aniruddhadeva Sports University Chabua State 2020 SportsSri Sri Aniruddhadeva Sports University Bongaigaon University Bongaigaon State 2023 General Gurucharan University Silchar State 2023 General Jagannath Barooah University Jorhat State 2023 General North Lakhimpur University North Lakhimpur State 2023 General Nagaon University Nagaon State 2023 General Sibsagar University Sivasagar State 2023 General Kokrajhar University Kokrajhar State 2024 General
Private universities UniversityLocationType EstablishedSpecializationSourcesAssam Don Bosco University Guwahati Private 2008 General Assam Down Town University Guwahati Private 2010 General Auniati University Jorhat Private 2022 Cultural EdTech Skill University Tinsukia Private 2025 GeneralGirijananda Chowdhury University Guwahati Private 2022 General Kaziranga University Jorhat Private 2012 General Krishnaguru Adhyatmik Vishvavidyalaya Barpeta Private – Spiritual 2017General Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankaradeva Viswavidyalaya Nagaon Private 2014 General Royal Global University Guwahati Private 2017 General Pragjyotishpur University Chandrapur, Guwahati Private 2022 General Swami Vivekanand University, Kokrajhar Kokrajhar Private 2025 General
Medical colleges Name Established City University Type Ref. Assam Medical College 1947 Dibrugarh SSUHS State funded Dhubri Medical College and Hospital 2022 Dhubri SSUHS State funded Diphu Medical College and Hospital 2019 Diphu SSUHS State funded Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College and Hospital 2011 Barpeta SSUHS State funded Gauhati Medical College and Hospital 1960 Guwahati SSUHS State funded Jorhat Medical College and Hospital 2009 Jorhat SSUHS State funded Lakhimpur Medical College and Hospital 2021 North Lakhimpur SSUHS State funded Kokrajhar Medical College and Hospital 2023 Kokrajhar SSUHS State funded Nagaon Medical College and Hospital 2023 Nagaon SSUHS State funded Nalbari Medical College and Hospital 2023 Nalbari SSUHS State funded Silchar Medical College and Hospital 1968 Silchar SSUHS State funded Tezpur Medical College and Hospital 2013 Tezpur SSUHS State funded Tinsukia Medical College & Hospital 2024 Makum SSUHS State funded Pragjyotishpur Medical College & Hospital 2025 Guwahati SSUHS State funded ESIC Medical College & Hospital, Beltola 2025 Guwahati SSUHS Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) funded Bongaigaon Medical College & Hospital 2026 Bongaigaon SSUHS State funded
Law colleges
List of law colleges affiliated to Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh
Centre for Juridical Studies, Dibrugarh University D.H.S.K. Law College, Dibrugarh Dr. Rohini Kanta Barua Law College, Dibrugarh Golaghat Law College, Golaghat Jorhat Law College, Jorhat NERIM Law College, Guwahati North Lakhimpur Law College, North Lakhimpur Tinsukia Law College, Tinsukia S.I.P.E. Law College, Dibrugarh Lakhimpur lAW College, Lakhimpur Dhemaji Law College, Dhemaji
List of law colleges affiliated to Gauhati University, Guwahati
Bongaigaon Law College, Bongaigaon BRM Government Law College, Guwahati Dhubri Law College, Dhubri Dispur Law College, Dispur Goalpara Law College, Goalpara JB Law College, Guwahati Kokrajhar Law College, Kokrajhar Morigaon Law College, Morigaon Nalbari Law College, Nalbari NEF Law College, Guwahati Nowgong Law College, Nagaon Tezpur Law College, Tezpur Mangaldai Law College, Mangaldai University Law College, Gauhati University
List of law colleges affiliated to Assam University, Silchar
A. K. Chanda Law College Diphu Law College Karimganj Law College
Dental colleges Regional Dental College, Guwahati Government Dental College, Silchar Government Dental College, Dibrugarh
Research institutes
Central Inland Fisheries Research Centre (ICAR), Regional Centre, Guwahati – 781006 Centre of Plasma Physics – Institute for Plasma Research (CPP-IPR),प्लाज्मा भौतिकी केंद्र - प्लाज्मा अनुसन्धान संसथान, Guwahati Indian Statistical Institute, Tezpur Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, Guwahati National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Guwahati North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Anundoram Borooah Institute of Language, Art and Culture (ABILAC), Guwahati Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development Rain Forest Research Institute, Jorhat Regional Medical Research Centre, Dibrugarh of Indian Council of Medical Research Tocklai Tea Research Institute, Jorhat Defence Research Laboratory, Tezpur ICAR-National Research Centre on Pig, Guwahati ICAR-NRCP https://nrcp.icar.gov.in/ ICAR-Indian Agriculture Research Institute, Gogamukh ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Dibrugarh Central Muga Eri Research and Training Institute, Lahdoigarh, Jorhat
Engineering colleges Name Established City University Type Ref. Assam Engineering College 1955 Guwahati ASTU Government Jorhat Engineering College 1960 Jorhat ASTU Government Barak Valley Engineering College 2017 Karimganj ASTU Government Bineswar Brahma Engineering College 2010 Kokrajhar ASTU Government Dhemaji Engineering College 2020 Dhemaji ASTU Government Golaghat Engineering College 2018 Golaghat ASTU Government Jorhat Institute of Science & Technology 1971 Jorhat ASTU Government Central Institute of Technology, Kokrajhar 2006 Kokrajhar Deemed to be University Government Dibrugarh University Institute of Engineering and Technology 2009 Dibrugarh Dibrugarh University Government Institute of Science and Technology, Gauhati University 2009 Guwahati Gauhati University Government Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati 1994 Guwahati IIT (autonomous) Central government National Institute of Technology Silchar 1967 Silchar NIT (autonomous) Central government Indian Institute of Information Technology, Guwahati 2013 Guwahati IIIT (autonomous) Central government School of Engineering, Tezpur University 2006 Tezpur Tezpur University Central government Girijananda Chowdhury Institute of Management and Technology 2006 Guwahati ASTU Private Don Bosco College of Engineering and Technology 2008 Guwahati ASTU Private
Government college Colleges under Assam Science and Technology University
Assam Engineering College, Guwahati (State) Jorhat Engineering College, Jorhat (State) Barak Valley Engineering College, Karimganj (State) Bineswar Brahma Engineering College, Kokrajhar (State) Dhemaji Engineering College, Dhemaji (State) Golaghat Engineering College, Golaghat (State) Jorhat Institute of Science & Technology, Jorhat(State)
Colleges under Dibrugarh University
Dibrugarh University Institute of Engineering and Technology (DUIET), DU campus, Dibrugarh (State)
Colleges under Gauhati University
Gauhati University Institute of Science and Technology (GUIST), GU Campus, Guwahati (State)
Private colleges School of Engineering, Assam Downtown University School of Engineering, Girijananda Chowdhury University Royal School of Engineering, Royal Global University Kaziranga University Engineering Institute
Architecture institutes Guwahati College of Architecture, Guwahati Royal School of Architecture, Betkuchi, Guwahati Jettwings Institute Of Fashion, Design & Architecture – (JFDA), Uzanbazar, Guwahati
Autonomous institutions Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Indian Institute of Information Technology, Guwahati National Institute of Technology, Silchar National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Guwahati National Institute of Design, Jorhat Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Guwahati Central Institute of Technology, Kokrajhar Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Regional Institute of Mental Health (LGBRIMH), Tezpur Arya Vidyapeeth College (Autonomous) Guwahati B. Borooah College Guwahati Bir Lachit Borphukan College Debraj Roy College Furkating College Digboi College, Tinsukia
Hotel management institutes Assam Institute of Hotel Management, Guwahati IAM Institute of Hotel Management, Guwahati Institute of Hotel Management, Guwahati Gateway ihm Guwahati Jettwings Institute Of Aviation & Hospitality Management, GS Road, Guwahati Jettwings Hotel & Travel School Under TISS – SVE Deemed University – Approved by AICTE & MHRD New Delhi. North East Institute of Management Science, Jorhat
Management institutes IIM Guwahati Indian Institute of Bank Management Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship Centre for Management Studies, Dibrugarh University Department of Management Studies, National Institute of Technology, Silchar Assam Rajiv Gandhi University of Cooperative Management, Sivasagar Assam Institute of Management, Guwahati Asian Institute of Management and Technology Centre of Management Studies, Gauhati Commerce College, Guwahati CKB Commerce College, Jorhat Department of Business Administration, Gauhati University